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I got tricked into going to see Fanboys. It was awful. looked like they just made 20 five minute youtube clips and then slapped them together to were it almost seemed like a movie. What's worse, none of the clips were funny.

I don't give a fuck it there's another mall cop movie out, the new one looks really funny and has a lot more style. That 'You gon die' line cracked me up. And it's by the director who made THE FOOT FIST WAY, which gave the world the fantastic Danny McBride.

i just back from seeing MILK
i must say i don't know alot about the gay or equal rights movement from the 70's
and i'm all for it.
it was a little over 2 hours and not one second was boring, i was fascinated, i love gus van sant already, and sean penn is always amazing. what a great story.
if you don't like watchin men kiss, well then turn away when they do, there's quite a bit of it. didn't bother me though.
i fully recommend it. it comes out of the closet and on dvd later this month.

On Wednesday I saw the Che double bill at my local arthouse cinema. They were both very good, but only the first one was genuinely enjoyable. The second one is about his failed campaign in Bolivia and it's a real struggle to watch because everything starts going wrong so early, you start off wanting him to give up then you just want him to get shot. Still, it was a worthwhile experience.

I lovedThe Wrestler. I had never seen Rourke in anything, but I thought he did an excellent job. Can't wait to watch it again.

A couple weeks ago I watched The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. I thought that was a beautiful movie. The end caught me off guard.

I've wanted to see both of these movies but haven't removed my Netflix queue from hold. I figured I would put it off until Gwynyth's out of school since I don't watch movies very often. I'm sure I'll have many things to catch up on when the account is unfrozen again.

I bought The Wreslter on Friday but lent it to my bro and his wife to watch. I haven't seen it yet.

I have The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas in my Netflix queue. There is a wait for it, but hopefully it arrives soonish. It's for my parents to watch, anyway.

Last night I rewatched American Psycho before I went to bed. I had seen it a couple fo times before, but never all the way through. I liked it, even if some of Christian Bale's acting was a little over the top.

Last night I saw a really unusual indie flick called Roger Dodger. It's about a fast-talking advertising exec who takes his sixteen year old out on the pull on New York's bar scene. The main character was like a modern, horny version of Mad Men's Don Draper, or the guy from Thank You For Smoking only obsessed with sexual politics. It's pretty good.

I love Roger Dodger! I've seen that a couple of times, in fact I'd watch it again right now if I had it.

Also, you know who I love?...Jamie Bell. I think he's such a fantastic actor, especially for his age, and although I have yet to catch Jumper (lol) he's been in some amazing films: Hallam Foe, Dear Wendy, Undertow, um, Billy Elliot...

I love Roger Dodger! I've seen that a couple of times, in fact I'd watch it again right now if I had it.

Also, you know who I love?...Jamie Bell. I think he's such a fantastic actor, especially for his age, and although I have yet to catch Jumper (lol) he's been in some amazing films: Hallam Foe, Dear Wendy, Undertow, um, Billy Elliot...

Well I'm putting it on again in about forty five minutes if you wanna swing by ;)

Jamie Bell is pretty good. I heard that when they were casting Billy Elliot they had a choice between casting a good actor who couldn't dance and casting a good dancer who couldn't act, guess which one they chose. Jumper is pretty shite, but Hallam Foe is cool, some nice shots of Edinburgh, very scenic city.

No, but I plan to very very soon. Very excited, love Seymour Philip Hoffman.

Well it's kinda like Adaptation, only magnified exponentially.

SPH is cool though, I really liked him in Charlie Wilson's War, it was a bit different than the kind of roles he normally plays.

I think the only part about adaptation that i didn't really like was that I din't like the way Charlie Kaufman wrote himself. I always pictures him differently and I guess I refused to believe that was him.

But I havent seen Charlie Wilson's War either. There's just something about SPH though, I can't put my finger on it.

I don't know if anybody cares at all but I did a search and was led to this thread. I just saw 'Revolutionary Road' and pretty much loved it. If anyone knows jack-squat about musical theater/theatre (whatever's correct)the movie reminded me of 'The Last 5 Years' by Jason Robert Brown. Two people who just can't get their stuff to work.

I'm starting to think I'm asexual and everyone acts like it's the worst thing in the world, like you have to be with someone to be happy. Different things make different people happy. And I sure as heck don't want kids so ... I don't know, it's just nice to see that some people recognize that taking the road most traveled can really screw up some people. I was pleasantly surprised to see this movie made, although I do wish I had read the book first. I always wonder what I'm missing out on, but I think if I read it now it'll spoil the movie.

Punch Drunk Love was, for a while, one of my favorite movies. In fact, it was one of the inspirations for my first attempt at really trying to make a movie, that and 28 Days Later (don't ask).

And Adaptation is still one of my favorite movies. There's very few movies about writers and the writing process that don't come off to me as self serving garbage, but this is one of them. Brilliantly well done on all levels.

Alex: We've got to watch some movies while you're here, I think with the exception of the two movies listed above, we have similar tastes.

I haven't seen THERE WILL BE BLOOD yet (waiting to watch it on Blu), but PUNCH is probably P.T.'s best film, his most original. Since SYDNEY is more standard (well done) crime, BOOGIE is a Scorsese rip and MAGNOLIA a Altman rip.

It may feel a bit unevenish, and partly pretentious, but damn does it roll by good and the mise-en-scene is amazing.

I haven't seen THERE WILL BE BLOOD yet (waiting to watch it on Blu), but PUNCH is probably P.T.'s best film, his most original. Since SYDNEY is more standard (well done) crime, BOOGIE is a Scorsese rip and MAGNOLIA a Altman rip.

It may feel a bit unevenish, and partly pretentious, but damn does it roll by good and the mise-en-scene is amazing.

I haven't seen THERE WILL BE BLOOD yet (waiting to watch it on Blu), but PUNCH is probably P.T.'s best film, his most original. Since SYDNEY is more standard (well done) crime, BOOGIE is a Scorsese rip and MAGNOLIA a Altman rip.

It may feel a bit unevenish, and partly pretentious, but damn does it roll by good and the mise-en-scene is amazing.

PUNCH DRUNK LOVE felt like he was really coming into his own, instead of biting from others. Well, at least he didn't bite as obvious. Look forward to THERE WILL BE BLOOD since I heard he's REALLY came into his own there (though channeling Kubrick and Altman this time, but not as much)

I love the way MAGNOLIA looks, and certain parts of it, plus the momentum at times is insane, but the overall film is blergh.

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